Briana Dugganhttp://iowapublicradio.org
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Prisons are notoriously difficult places to work in for obvious reasons. But one prison in North Carolina has an employee who is indispensable: a grandmother.<p>Millicent Gordon is not a guard or doctor — she's a music teacher. And she not only brings her warmth to the state's only youth prison, but her popular butterscotch candies, too.<p>Only one person at Western Youth Institution has a reserved parking space, and it's not the warden. Smack dab outside the front door of the 16-story youth prison, halfway between Charlotte and Asheville, is a small sign.Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:55:00 +0000Briana Duggan18361 at http://iowapublicradio.org86-Year-Old Music Teacher A Hit Among Jailed N.C. Youths